When It Comes to Deciding on Organ Donations, There Are No Easy.... Laura Schreier.
by Schreier, Laura; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 16Health. Publisher: Bismarck Tribune, 2004ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Donation of organs, tissues, etc | Family | Organ donors | Transplantation of organsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Shortly after Pat Christensen was pronounced dead of a brain hemorrhage in February 2003, doctors were able to salvage her eyes and her liver for transplant. Months later, [Ed] Christensen received a letter from a woman who had gotten Pat's liver. Linda, a grandmother from Michigan, had needed a transplant for four years, and had been bedridden until she got Pat Christensen's liver. The letter, sent anonymously, carried what Ed saw to be the only recognizable good in Pat's death--it helped another person get back on her feet." (BISMARCK TRIBUNE) This article describes how one person's organ donation enabled another to return to a normal life.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: When It Comes to Deciding on Organ Donations, There Are No Easy..., Aug. 10, 2004; pp. 1.
"Shortly after Pat Christensen was pronounced dead of a brain hemorrhage in February 2003, doctors were able to salvage her eyes and her liver for transplant. Months later, [Ed] Christensen received a letter from a woman who had gotten Pat's liver. Linda, a grandmother from Michigan, had needed a transplant for four years, and had been bedridden until she got Pat Christensen's liver. The letter, sent anonymously, carried what Ed saw to be the only recognizable good in Pat's death--it helped another person get back on her feet." (BISMARCK TRIBUNE) This article describes how one person's organ donation enabled another to return to a normal life.
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